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Most manufacturers are downsizing their fleet business, leaving it to those willing to take low margins, like Ford. Profitable? Maybe. Very profitable, not at all. But it is one way to dump unsold inventory.

Fleet sales of 52,000 is great, but when that is 23% of sales I don't think that's such a good thing since margins will be lower, and resale of similar vehicles will be watered down.

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Both of my vehicles, a Fusion and a 4Runner, show the wrong outside air temp for about 24 hours after I visit a car wash. The outside temp will stay at one temp for about 24 hours, then goes back to normal. So during that time period I just use manual climate control settings until the time has passed where I can go back to the auto settings. Not saying this is the issue you are experiencing, but just thought I'd share my experience.

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The site works if one has the patience to log in twice. The rejected login takes me to a redirect page where it logs in correctly the second attempt. However, the site logs me off every time I close the browser. It used to remember my login when I grabbed a new browser, but no more. I have a desktop and the option to have it remember passwords, so I cannot comment on how those with smartphones would access the site.

Any idea when this website will be fixed?

That explains why Ford is down 1% today.

This doesn't work either. The map shows me near Phoenix. I'm not in AZ.

Me too. Even worse, this website does not remember my login and I have to log in (twice) every time I visit the site, and that doesn't count the site crashing when I first visit the site.

Nice. Thanks Ford.

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Do I sell now or wait until Oct. 3?

Ride and handling is a combination of factors. Brand of tire, air pressure, wheel size, and shocks are the first things that come to mind. Sway bar links & motor mounts have been an issue for some. Previously wrecked could be a concern. Yours may have a secondary issue not found yet. I'd suggest to have your dealer/mechanic do an inspection of your vehicle looking for wear & tear issues. Most dealers do this for free hoping to get the repair job. Then again, sometimes the nature of the beast is that some vehicles are just different from their matching counterparts!

Thanks for the update.

I'd recommend that you continue tracking, as I wouldn't base your mpg on one tank of fuel. I use fuelly.com to track mpg on both of my vehicles, but tracking it manually works too. I have a 2.0T, and my last 3 tanks averaged 19, 20, and 20, with probably 85% city driving and the air conditioning always on, and I never see decent mpg unless it is 100% highway driving. I agree, your mpg is woefully bad. The average on fuelly for vehicles like yours is 28mpg. City driving kills Fusion turbo mpg in my opinion based on my experience. Honestly, I'd just say keep driving it. I have no suggestions to help improve mpg except to maybe change whoever you buy your gas from as a short term test, or try a different octane. With low miles the vehicle shouldn't need a new air filter or spark plugs yet.

Thank you for 4 year old news.

I haven't followed FCA or GM much since I neither own one of their vehicles any longer nor have a financial interest. I do follow their vehicles that compete with Ford when something is new or modified. That being said, it appears, to me at least, that Ford might be following the FCA lead and getting out of the low margin vehicle business in the USA & CAN, starting with the Fiesta & Focus. I don't believe Americans are going to be buying Ford's made in China. Time will tell.

akirby, you are correct, Ford hasn't issued new shares in a while, although there has been a float of 3.8B to 4B shares since 2011. Still too many. Ford needs to care, because when the stock drops, the market value of Ford drops. New shares, if offered, will get depressed prices. Borrowing will be at higher interest rates. Stock options become worthless as a bargaining chip to retain or hire certain employee's if the stock price is lower than the option price. I don't see Ford doing anything to make itself a viable long term investment at this point in time. Sad that the lightly remodeled 2017 Fusion sells 13k+ copies in July while being outsold by the old Camry at 33k+, the old Accord at 30k+, and the Altima CVT at more than 24k, despite APR & rebate numbers that were equal or better than the majority of the competition.

sirtanon, what you are looking for is at the super news ticker forum. I'd cut & paste it if I could.

There is a correlation between stock prices, short term or not, and sales reports. When Ford can hardly sell vehicles with discount pricing and 0% financing, or with sizable rebates for cash purchases, that is bad business. Ford definitely isn't managing their business for stock price or the price would be up, sales would be up, and customers wouldn't shun Ford vehicles. Instead of buying back shares when Ford has cash, Ford instead puts more shares out on the market, further diluting the stock price. The stock market is near an all-time high and Ford is near a 6 year low. Ford could easily be a market leader if it remedied issues sooner instead of alienating customers. Ford had a windfall when GM & Chrysler declared bankruptcy, as many swore them off and bought Fords. Ford had a disastrous introduction for their egoboast F150's motors, and it took 3 years to cure the stalling issues. Many of those customers went to GM, Ram, and Tundra trucks, and aren't coming back. The Focus and Fiesta have tranny issues, a class action lawsuit, and those buyers, if first time Ford owners, will shift their allegiance to another brand. Ford, watching sales tank, transfers production to China. The Corolla & Civic sales are near all-time highs. The Ford 1.6T motor issues are being poorly dealt with, and Kuga's across the globe are catching fire. Too many recalls aren't helping either. My 2016 Fusion is the first Ford I've owned in 30 years. I swore off Ford after years of bad luck with their vehicles. After 30 years I took a chance on buying a Fusion and so far I've been lucky. Ford needs to up their quality drastically or they can kiss another generation of customers goodbye.

Despite some good news the bad news is F stock is down -0.29 at minus 2.58% as I type this.

Fusion sales down 42% to 13,886 units year over year

No issues here either, yet.